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Must List: Halloween Events, Black Keys Play at Key Arena
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Watch
‘Sushi with Shiro’ at Pike Place Market
Sunday (11/2, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) Retired sushi chef Shiro Kashiba will be on hand at Pike Place Market’s Atrium Kitchen for a live sushi preparation demo, including tastings of classic dishes like seasonal matsutake mushroom broth. Stay for a post-demo book signing of Kashiba’s memoir Shiro: Wit, Wisdom and Recipes from a Sushi Pioneer.
Must Bravo
Seattle Opera’s Don Giovanni
Friday (10/31, 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.) Premiered in 1787, “The Don” still captivates as it chronicles the last 24 hours of a lothario who delights in philandering, conniving and killing. Spoiler alert: In the end, the jerk gets his comeuppance.
Must Hear
Black Keys Rock Out at Key Arena
Saturday (11/1, 8 p.m.) Start the month off right with the Akron, Ohio, rock duo The Black Keys playing psychedelic sounds from their new album, Turn Blue.
Must Knock on Wood
A New Sculptural Exhibit at Bellevue Arts Museum
(10/31 to 3/29/2015, times vary) This year’s Bellevue Arts Museum Knock On Wood exhibit highlights Northwest artists who are pushing the wood medium in inventive, artful ways—from miniature sculptures to large-scale installations—including Seattle’s Rick Araluce, John Grade, Julia Haack, Todd Jannausch, Whiting Tennis, W. Scott Trimble, Kimberly Trowbridge and Ed Wicklander.
Must Sing Along
Midnight Showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(10/31, 11:55 p.m.) Now that ye olde Egyptian Theatre has been renovated and reopened, spend your Hallows’ Eve with Tim Curry et al for a midnight showing of the classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Horrific costumes encouraged!
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Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…
Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books
This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…
Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery
A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…
Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum
A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…